Fylingdales
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fylingdales
Historical Forms
- Figelinge, Nortfigelinge 1086 DB
- Philinch 1114–40 Whitby
- Figelingam a.1133 Whitby
- Figelinge c.1175 YCh
- Fieling(am) 1133,1155–65,1222–7,1308 Whitby
- Tribus Figelinges 1181 P
- Northfilinge, Northfylyng(e) c.1280 Whitby
- in valle de Northfylyng(e) ib.
- Ffilingdales 1395 Whitby
Etymology
'The settlement of the people of Fygela' v. ing . The district included by the settlement was probably the series of small valleys which meet the sea in Robin Hood's Bay. The pers. name Fygela is not adduced in independent use in OE, but it may be assumed (as by Ekwall, PN in -ing 93) from the place- names Figheldean (W), Fillingham (L), Figelingeham DB, and Filgrave (PN Bk 15). v. dæl .